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With the election of Donald Trump as president — and both houses of Congress under Republican reign — the nation’s political, social, and economic landscape is poised for significant change. For investors, this will provide both uncertainty and opportunity.

This stock screen was originally published in the November 21, 2016 edition of the BetterInvesting Weekly newsletter and is based on results from MyStockProspector.com for companies that met the following criteria as of November 28:

Over the last several years, increasing attention has been directed toward the relative merit of temporary work, often referred to as the gig economy. Wikipedia describes temporary employment as an employment situation where the working arrangement is limited to a certain time period based on the [...]

This stock screen was originally published in the November 21, 2016 edition of the BetterInvesting Weekly newsletter and is based on results from MyStockProspector.com for companies that met the following criteria as of November 21:

The headline figure for retail sales and retail sales ex-auto figures from the October Retail Sales Report came in better than expected. Reported retail sales for October registered a gain of 0.8 percent, beating expectations for a 0.6 percent improvement, while [...]

The BetterInvesting National Convention (BINC) is celebrating its 66th annual conference in the heart of the Midwest – Cincinnati. The event, scheduled for May 18-21, 2017, will be held at the beautiful art deco Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Hotel in the heart of downtown.

This stock screen was originally published in the November 14, 2016 edition of the BetterInvesting Weekly newsletter and is based on results from MyStockProspector.com for companies that met the following criteria as of November 14:

As most investors learned from the school of hard knocks, financial markets loathe uncertainty. Better to know than to wonder. Of course, markets don’t take a shine to unpleasant reality either, but at least reasonable certainty can be quickly built into the price of a stock or bond, thus creating potential opportunity. Not knowing [...]